Comments on: Advisor: Prop. 8 repeal effort no prob for Newsomhttp://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/08/06/advisor-prop-8-repeal-effort-no-prob-for-newsom/
Politics in the Bay Area and beyondWed, 26 Oct 2016 19:22:00 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.3By: RR, Uninvited Columnisthttp://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2009/08/06/advisor-prop-8-repeal-effort-no-prob-for-newsom/comment-page-1/#comment-8834
Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:21:57 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=7727#comment-8834Gay marriage is the least of Pretty Boy’s worries. Market St in SF looks like Times Square before Guiliani cleaned it up.
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Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:54:49 +0000http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=7727#comment-8833Among the questions I asked South was how having a ballot measure to repeal Proposition 8’s same-sex marriage ban on the November 2010 would impact the gubernatorial race.

Garry doesn’t know what he’s talking about, if Newsom was the nominee Republicans could use an initiative account (not bound by $24,100 gubernatorial limits) to put Newsom’s pompous “like it or not” on endless loop and kill two birds with one stone.

But I think you asked the wrong question. The question you should have asked is how would having Gavin Newsom as a Democratic nominee impact repealing Proposition 8.

Not that South wants to go there, because Newsom would sink equality once again. Newsom’s negatives are far too high for him to pass anything with him. It would be the same dynamic with 2/3, if Newsom is the nominee it would have a very tough time passing in-spite of him.

Luckily, Newsom isn’t going to be the nominee. And Democrats everywhere have Garry South to thank for that as after a week of “Campaign in Turmoil” stories it doesn’t look like Newsom’s campaign is even viable.